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Pakistani constabulary soldiers on Thursday prepared to pray for 15 executed colleagues.
By SALMAN MASOOD and ISMAIL KHAN
Published: January 5, 2012
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Taliban insurgents executed 15 security soldiers who had been recently kidnapped and dumped their bodies on a hilltop in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, in retaliation for the killing of a militant commander by government forces, government and military officials said.
The soldiers were kidnapped Dec. 23 after dozens of Taliban insurgents overran a fort in one of the restive tribal regions straddling...
